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Forum: Components, clothing and miscellany 24th August 2012
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Sierra Designs Light Year CD one person tent + tent footprint

For sale, my Sierra Designs Light Year CD one person tent + tent footprint.

http://www.sierradesigns.com/p-293-light-year-1.aspx

Mine is a previous version and it tips my kitchen scales at 1.56...
Forum: General 17th July 2012
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Views: 14,789
Posted By JackT
Hodges has form. 2007: "Two-wheeled...

Hodges has form.

2007: "Two-wheeled fascism: the trouble with London's cyclists"...
Forum: Rides & Races 9th May 2012
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Views: 42,861
Posted By JackT
A reasonable back-up plan for the cash-strapped...

A reasonable back-up plan for the cash-strapped there-and-back folk is an £8 advance return from Ipswich, which is 20 miles of country lanes from Dunwich. Plenty of trains and less hectic on the...
Forum: Rides & Races 11th April 2012
Replies: 16
Views: 679
Posted By JackT
2012-06-23 - London Velonotte

I'm helping organise the first London edition of Velonotte, a free, mass participation architectural / historical / musical bike ride around the city and east end. Velonotte started life in Moscow...
Forum: Rides & Races 22nd February 2012
Replies: 76
Views: 1,728
Posted By JackT
Some more pics...

Some more pics (http://www.flickr.com/photos/19871340@N00/sets/72157629066947548/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7038/6921683405_7ec19cd3f9.jpg
Forum: General 9th January 2012
Replies: 4
Views: 1,049
Posted By JackT
I visited the at same time and there's an edition...

I visited the at same time and there's an edition (http://thebikeshow.net/another-day-in-carradice/) of The Bike Show all about it.

Separately, here's a 5 minute audio slide show about how a bag...
Forum: Rides & Races 25th July 2011
Replies: 2
Views: 571
Posted By JackT
I did this yesterday and can definitely recommend...

I did this yesterday and can definitely recommend it. I think it'll be a regular event. Took me about ten hours to get round.

Audax events like these offer very good value for money. £10 got me a...
Forum: Rides & Races 13th July 2011
Replies: 2,776
Views: 61,496
Posted By JackT
Given the weather forecast...

Given the weather forecast (http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/4186?area=Saxmundham) y'all might want to consider mudguards. At least for the rear wheel, unless you're happy riding alone or at...
Forum: Rides & Races 13th July 2011
Replies: 2,776
Views: 61,496
Posted By JackT
They will probably have enough, the question is...

They will probably have enough, the question is do you want to wait in a queue for half an hour plus to get to it? In my experience of the past three years, it's best to be self sufficient food-wise...
Forum: Rides & Races 13th July 2011
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Views: 61,496
Posted By JackT
No. 2011. A copy must have fallen out of...

No. 2011. A copy must have fallen out of Patrick's saddlebag.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6011/5933378727_dbc2d99624.jpg
Forum: Rides & Races 13th July 2011
Replies: 2,776
Views: 61,496
Posted By JackT
Here's a clue...

Here's a clue (http://thebikeshow.net/dunwich-dynamo-2011-preview/).
Forum: Rides & Races 13th July 2011
Replies: 2,776
Views: 61,496
Posted By JackT
It's based on the 2011 route sheet (and past...

It's based on the 2011 route sheet (and past experiences of doing the ride). This year's route is rather similar to last year's since the food stop is in the same village as last year.

Note the...
Forum: Rides & Races 13th July 2011
Replies: 2,776
Views: 61,496
Posted By JackT
This year's route

This year's route
Forum: Rides & Races 12th July 2011
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Views: 61,496
Posted By JackT
The quote from the 2011 route sheet is: ...

The quote from the 2011 route sheet is:

"Pretending you're in a road-race on a touring event makes you look like a DUFUS"
Forum: Rides & Races 12th July 2011
Replies: 2,776
Views: 61,496
Posted By JackT
Thanks. I particularly echo what Patrick Field...

Thanks. I particularly echo what Patrick Field had to say around 21m 40secs in, on the subject of the growing number of people who appear to treat the ride as a race. He says that faster riders...
Forum: Rides & Races 12th July 2011
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Views: 61,496
Posted By JackT
As featured in this week's edition of The Bike...

As featured in this week's edition of The Bike Show:

All Night, All Right: Dunwich Dynamo 2011 Preview (http://thebikeshow.net/dunwich-dynamo-2011-preview/)
Forum: General 24th June 2011
Replies: 77
Views: 2,602
Posted By JackT
There's now a Bike Show jersey, designed by...

There's now a Bike Show jersey, designed by Richard Mitchelson (http://www.richmitch.co.uk/) and Milltag....

£70. Order by 3rd July 2011...
Forum: Rides & Races 20th June 2011
Replies: 13
Views: 593
Posted By JackT
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2650/5854742364_385...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2650/5854742364_3850b83863.jpg

Some more pictures (http://www.flickr.com//photos/19871340@N00/sets/72157627008906408/show/)
Forum: Rides & Races 20th June 2011
Replies: 13
Views: 593
Posted By JackT
Strange, must be the Thames Delta microclimate,...

Strange, must be the Thames Delta microclimate, we had a completely dry run in from Gravesend, west into the setting sun.
Forum: Rides & Races 19th June 2011
Replies: 13
Views: 593
Posted By JackT
Eleven of us in the blue maze at Cutty Sark...

Eleven of us in the blue maze at Cutty Sark Gardens, including a trio of forumengers.

With a tailwind it was mostly fast flat roads through Woolwich and past Dartford with a nautical interlude at...
Forum: Rides & Races 13th June 2011
Replies: 13
Views: 593
Posted By JackT
We'll be following this route as far as Lower...

We'll be following this route as far as Lower Highham (just past Gravesend) map

...then freestyling to the Stone itself, which is on the eastern bank of Yantley Creek.
Forum: Rides & Races 9th June 2011
Replies: 13
Views: 593
Posted By JackT
The London Stone (18-6-2011)

I've agreed to step in to lead the annual Southwark Cyclists' ride from Greenwich to the London Stone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Stone_(riparian)#Yantlet_Creek) at Yantley Creek in Kent. In...
Forum: General 8th June 2011
Replies: 330
Views: 9,885
Posted By JackT
Depends if the tide is coming in or not. If it's...

Depends if the tide is coming in or not. If it's coming in, then a dam would flood east London. But I know what you're saying.
Forum: General 8th June 2011
Replies: 330
Views: 9,885
Posted By JackT
Here is the audio record...

Here is the audio record (http://audioboo.fm/boos/379736-london-assembly-tories-walk-out-before-debate-on-20mph-limit-on-blackfriars-bridge) of the walk-out, including the chair reading out the names...
Forum: General 5th June 2011
Replies: 66
Views: 3,365
Posted By JackT
Barry was one of those people who make a city of...

Barry was one of those people who make a city of 8 million feel like a village.

Oliver has described some of the good things he made happen. There are many, many more. If you had an idea to do...

 
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